ACTIVITY BASED COSTING Definition

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ACTIVITY BASED COSTING (ABC) is a costing system that identifies the various activities performed in a firm and uses multiple cost drivers (non-volume as well as the volume based cost drivers) to assign overhead costs (or indirect costs) to products. ABC recognizes the causal relationship of cost drivers with activities.

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FOMC see FEDERAL OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE.

UNFAVORABLE VARIANCE is the opposite of favorable variance. See FAVORABLE VARIANCE.

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